Northwood High alumnus Kyle Kim-E will be returning to his alma mater as the head coach for both the boy and girl water polo programs at Northwood.

Alumnus Kyle Kim-E graduated from Northwood in 2010 and continued his water polo career at Vanguard University and finished it at Chapman University where he ended up graduating from with a Bachelor’s degree in Strategic and Corporate Communication.

During his time at Northwood on the water polo team, Kim-E won two Sea View League championships and made two Division I CIF Finals. He was a two-time All-American and captained the team his junior and senior years.

“I feel both honored and thrilled to be back at Northwood HS. I love Northwood, this community, and these kids. I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead and hope to bring stability to our program,” said Kim-E.

Kim-E’s staff includes two other distinguished Northwood alumni, Jonathan Colton as the lead assistant and JV coach, and James Hartshorne as goalie coach. Colton played four years at UC Berkeley and Loyola Marymount University while Hartshorne continued his water polo career at UCLA where he was a member of last year’s national championship team.

Rounding out the coaching staff are the co-coaches for frosh/soph, Emily Holmquist and Brenden Verloop.

Holmquist recently completed her water polo career at Chapman University where she was an All-American in both water polo and swimming. Verloop helped Foothill win a CIF championship at Foothill High and is also a graduate of Loyola Marymount University where he played water polo.

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